Need to be able to set Safety temp above 45 degrees. Please enable

[GopherGuy]

I have a Google nest thermostat set in a vacation property with cold winters. There needs to be an ability to set the safety temp above 45° Fahrenheit. The reason for this is by the time your temperature drops all the way down to 45 from say a standard set point of 60° for a hydronic system it's probably too late for you. You have pipes running through other cold spots and they might be dipped below the 32° threshold. Also, the only reason why your temperature has dropped down to 45° is because there's something wrong with your boiler/furnace. It takes time to get a professional out to service your equipment and so your window of time for when you can get somebody out there has now shrunk to a very dangerous level.   

Please allow notifications at higher temperatures say 55 or 60° that way you know immediately if there's something wrong with your heating system you have a chance of getting someone out there to fix it in time. This is a very important feature for many of us in the north.  Please address this.

Thank you,

Todd

[JillG]

Hey @GopherGuy 

Absolutely been addressed before. The Community members have asked for the low and the high safety temps to be adjusted.

I'll escalate this to our Nest Thermostat team and I also suggest you file feedback in the app.

Thanks!

[GopherGuy]

Thank you...this would be a major upgrade for many of us in the same position.

[zoeuvre]

Hi folks,

@GopherGuy, Thanks for reaching out to us. I understand your concern regarding the safety of your vacation property during cold winters and the need for an ability to set a higher safety temperature on your Nest Thermostat. 

We appreciate your request for this additional feature, and please be assured that our product team is working non-stop with different partners to bring the best features to our Google Nest devices. So, please let our product team know about it by sending feedback. We'll also take your feedback as an opportunity to learn and to be able to provide a better experience in the future.

Thanks for your help, @JillG. 

Best,

Zoe